Latest United Kingdom Music Industry News from NME

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Updated:: Wednesday, 22 January 2025

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A$AP Rocky rejects plea deal as his gun trial opens in Los Angeles

A$AP Rocky. Credit - Adrian Dennis

The rapper now faces a possibility of a guilty verdict

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Birmingham considering giving city awards to Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah. Credits - Dave Benett and Richard Ecclestone

Two separate reports regarding the relevant honours will be discussed on January 28

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Trivium’s Matt Heafy on how Muse inspired song from ‘Ascendancy’

Trivium's Matt Heafy and Muse's Matt Bellamy. Credit: Elsie Roymans and Suhaimi Abdullah via GETTY

“What I love is that it’s showing the champion of all walks of life that I’ve always been"

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Danny Elfman pays tribute to David Lynch in emotional post: “I’m still in complete shock”

Danny Elfman and David Lynch split image

"His passing to me is a monumental loss"

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Soulja Boy launches attack on Drake: “Stay in Canada”

Soulja Boy and Drake. Credit - MEGA/GC Images and Cole Burston

He also commented on Drake's defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group

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Flavor Flav teams up with GoFundMe to launch fundraiser for black families displaced by LA wildfires

Flavor Flav attends iHeartRadio Hot 99.5's Jingle Ball 2024. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

“There’s not enough being done for the Black families and the communities. Come on, y’all. Let’s make L.A. strong, baby. Let’s help those in need"

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Garth Hudson, the final surviving founding member of The Band, dies aged 87

Garth Hudson, of the group the Band, plays accordion as he performs onstage. August 4, 1991. (Photo by Steve Eichner/Getty Images)

It was confirmed that the musician passed away "peacefully" in his sleep

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Self Esteem declares “I deserve to be here” on ‘Focus Is Power’ from new album ‘A Complicated Woman’

Self Esteem. Credit - Scarlett Carlos Clarke

The upcoming album, due April 25, features Sue Tompkins, Moonchild Sanelly, and Nadine Shah

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Louis Walsh admits making up press stories in Boyzone doc trailer

Boyzone

“I never felt guilty about it"

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Listen to The Horrors “driving and direct” new single ‘More Than Life’

It is the latest to be taken from forthcoming album ‘Night Life’

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